Game.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

i No. 838,461.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed May 2, 1906. Serial No. 314,732.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHANN SALVADOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, ofwhich the following is a specification. Y

The invention relates to an improvementl in games primarily designed toafford amusement andconstructed to permit Variations of play inaccordance with the skill of the player.

The main object of the present invention is the production of a gameincluding a gameboard and a series of disks, the board beingl divided torepresent a field of attack and a field of defense, each divided andsuitablyT marked to indicate normal resting-points for the disks, eachof said points of the field of attack being occupied by one of thedisks, while but three of the points of the field of defense areoccupied by the disks, the disks of the defending field being marked todistinguish them from the disks of the attacking field and having agreater range of movement and power in the playin of the game.

The invention will be descri ed in the following specification,reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Y Figure l is a planof a game-board constructed in accordancewith my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 represent, respectively, perspectiveviews of the major and minor disks used in playing the game.

The game-board of the present invention includes a section of suitablematerial-such as wood, cardboard, or the like, divided to form anattacking field l and a defending field 2. The attacking field is in theform of an inverted T, while the defending field is of approximatelyrectangular form having triangular extensions at the free ends of theside edges. Each field is suitably marked to`- indicate a series ofregularly-arranged points or resting-places 3, preferably in circularform, and corresponding in size with the disks used in playing the game.The projecting portion of the attacking field contains fifteen suchoints, while the cross-section of the attac ring field containsthirtyseven such points. The defending field contains twenty-three suchpoints, seven of these points bein in transverse alinement with fourpoints of the attacking field-that is, seven of the oints withintheattacking field proper as t e board is constructed are, for the pur osesof the game, included within the defending field.

The points of the attacking field are differently colored, bypreference, from those of the defending field, `and the latter field ispreferably divided from the attacking field by a suitable outline, whichmay be of a distinctive color. The respective oints in each field areconnected by paths o 'travel 4 and 5, Which extend, res ectively,transversely and longitudinally o' the game-board and by diagonal pathsof travel 6, which extend diagonally of the respective fields. In thisconnection it is to be noted that the respective points are arranged intransverse and longitudinal alinement relative to the gameboard, so thatsaid points provide, in effect, the outline of a series of squares, thecorners of which are formed by the points, the transverse andlongitudinal paths of travel 4 and 5 constituting the outlines of thesesquares, while the paths of travel 6 constitute the diagonals of thesquares. The operative members of the game include two distinctive typesof disks, hereinafter termed men, the minor disks 7 being distinct fromthe major disks 8, preferably by the increased thickness of the .latterand also such distinctive coloring as may be desired. In the gameforty-nine of the minor disks are used `and six of the major disks,these latterbeing divided into two sets of three each by any distinctmark or coloring. The oints of the attacking field, fifty-two in num er,are completely occupied by the forty-nine minor men and one set of themajor men, the latter occupying, respectively, the central point 9 atthe forward edge of the board and the points l0 and l1 forming theforward corners of thecross-section of the attacking field. Theremaining three major disks are utilized in the defending field, beingdisposed on the forward transverse line of points r oo at the end andcentral points l2, 13, and 14, respectively, of such line.

The obj ect of the game is to have all of the points of the defendingfield occupied by the men of the attacking field. To gain this re- 105sult, the game provides for the movement of the men of the attackingfield in any diagonal direction from the point which they may occupy andin any transverse or longitudinal direction along the respective paths,except 11o -along the longitudinal path or diagonal path, 1n a directionaway from the defending fieldthat is, the movement of the attacking menmust be always toward the defending field or in a direction at rightangles to such path of movement. Therefore the men of the attackingfield cannot move in a rearward di rection so as to occupy any point inrear of the point from which they started. The men of the defendingfield may move in any direction-that is, along any path leading from thepoint on which they may be locatedand in addition to this have the powerof taking the men of the attacking field by jumping the same, as in thewell-known game of checkers-that is, they may, if desired, take any manor number of men which are arranged adjacent the point they occupy,provided that there is an unoccupied point in rear of and in alinementWith the particular disk of the attacking field and the particular diskof the defending field.

In addition to requiring that the men of the attacking field completelyoccupy all the points of the defending field, in order to successfullyterminate the game in favor of the attacking force, the rules of thegame may7 if desired, require that one or more of the major men amongthe rattacking' force also occupy one or more of the spaces within thedefending field. This variation adds to the skill of the game, owing tothe location of the respective major men of the attacking force in theinitial position of the men.

The skill in playing the game will be apparent from the fact that theattacking force greatly outnumbers the defending force, to offset whichthe defenders have the property of ca turing and removing the men of theattac -ng force from the board, while the attacking force can only movealong prescribed lines in an endeavor to position the men within thedefending field and exclude therefrom the men of the defending field.

While shown and described as a general game7 it is obvious that theboard and men may be arranged for a particular representation-as, forexample, the defending field may be printed or otherwise colored torepresent a castle and the attacking field the Y usual surroundingsthereof, in which instance 1. A game apparatus including a gameboarddivided to represent an attacking field and a defending field, each ofsaid fields being provided with a series of points arranged in alinementtransverse and longitudinally of the board, in combination with a seriesof men of distinctive characteristics to indicate an attacking force anda defending force, the number of men in the attacking forcecorresponding to the number of points in the attacking field, and thenumber of men in the defending force being less than the number ofpoints in the defending field.

2. A game apparatus including a gameboard divided to represent anattacking field and a defending field, each of said fields beingprovided with a series of points arranged in alinement transverse andlongitudinally of the board, in combination with a series of men ofdistinctive characteristics to indicate an attacking force and adefending force7 the number of men in the attacking force cori-)-sponding to the number of points in the attacking field, and the numberof men in the defending force being less than the number of points inthe defending field, the men of the attacking'force being divided bydistinguishing characteristics to indicate a different value.

' In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHANN SALVADOR.

Witnesses:

FERD MOERLEIN, NELsoN FOUNTAIN.

